Vegetable soup #2

12 cups distilled water
2 large potatoes, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
15 baby carrots, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 red pepper, chopped
2 T. sunflower oil
salt, to taste
garlic powder, to taste
sweet basil, to taste
1 dried bay leaf

Bring soup ingredients to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes. Two minutes before the end of cooking time, add the following ingredients and stir well.
3 green onion, chopped
1 can (12 oz) diced tomatoes with juice

Serve hot. Add cooked brown rice when you serve, if desired. Substitute broth for any or all the water in your recipe.

Noj loves this soup for breakfast!!